President Donald Trump‘s ‘working trip’ to his Scottish golf course has turned into a family affair, with Donald Trump, Jr. and his girlfriend Bettina Anderson joining the fun.
The president included his younger son Eric in his golf foursome as he hit the links Saturday morning at his Turnberry golf course.
That party also included the U.S. ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens and his son, according to the White House, ahead of Trump’s scheduled meeting with British PM Keir Starmer.
Video posted from Friday night on a pro-Trump X account gave a glimpse of the president celebrating two of his sons after Trump landed in the homeland of his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod.
The video, captained as coming from inside Trump’s private golf course on Scotland’s western coast on a ‘work weekend’, features Trump asking is ‘everybody good?’ A crowd answers with a resounding cheer.
The video shows Trump’s two sons flanking him from behind, both tieless.
Bettina, who started dating Trump Jr. in 2024, is standing to Don, Jr.’s left. At one point, she can be seen commenting to someone outside of the frame.
The couple were also with Trump and first lady Melania Trump attending the FIFA Club World Cup event in New Jersey.
Video posted form inside Trump’s Turnberry club in Scotland reveals that Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson have joined the president, who golfed with Eric Trump Saturday
The president has nominated Trump, Jr.’s ex fiancee, Kimberly Guilfoyle, to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece. She has gone through her Senate confirmation hearing.
The Daily Mail has asked the White House for further information about which family members are accompanying Trump on the trip. None were seen traveling with him to Scotland aboard Air Force One. First lady Melania Trump is not expected on the golf-centered trip.
Trump says Eric will be with him on Tuesday when he holds a ribbon-cutting event to open his new golf course in Aberdeenshire.
Bettina Anderson, her boyfriend Donald Trump Jr, Melania Trump, US President Donald Trump attend the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 final football match between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at MetLife Stadium on July 13, 2025
Trump Jr. and Anderson were spotted arriving at the New York Stock Exchange this month
Eric’s wife Lara Trump had been considering a run for an open Senate seat in North Carolina after Trump clashed with Sen. Thom Tillis over his ‘big, beautiful’ bill.
Days ago the president endorsed former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley in the race. Whatley and Lara Trump helmed the organization together during the last election cycle.
Trump’s golf round with Eric was a success, based on the reception some of his supporters are giving to a short video clip online of the president nailing a putt.
‘President Trump sinks the putt while playing golf in Scotland. America’s swagger on the world stage is so back,’ posted Republican operative Steve Guest, a former advisor to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Added conservative podcaster Benny Johnson: ‘Insane aura.’
A member of Trump’s golf party then raises a fist, and another gives him a fist bump. It wasn’t immediately clear what score the president got on the hole by sinking the putt, which appeared to be about six to eight feet.
Also getting in the golf outing was White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who flew to Scotland with Trump and a group of advisors aboard Air Force One.
Her presence if the latest indication that she holds a place within Trump’s inner circle. She has been one of Trump’s primary defenders as the White House fields a series of difficult questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case.
But it isn’t all fun for Trump on what the White House is calling a ‘working trip.’
Trump announced on his Truth Social site that he had phoned the heads of Thailand and Cambodia in hopes of quickly ending a border conflict that has led to civilian casualties.
‘Both parties are looking for an immediate ceasefire and peace,’ Trump wrote. ‘They are also looking to get back to the “Trading Table” with the United States, which we think is inappropriate to do until such time as the fighting stops,’ he wrote, putting the last word in all-caps for emphasis.
